Mechanical multi-stage aggregator used with a disc file



J. HANDLEY Oct. 24, 1967 MECHANICAL MULTI-STAGE AGGREGATOR USED WITH A D ISC FILE 24 Sheets-Sheet 1.

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1. A MAGNETIC DISC FILE WHICH COMPRISES: A PARALLEL STACK OF SPACED DISCS ON A COMMON DRIVE SHAFT; A PARELLEL LINE OF PROCESSING HEAD ARMS WHICH ARE ON A SPINDLE PARALLEL TO SAID COMMON SHAFT AND WHICH ARE SO POSITIONED THAT SAID ARMS ARE INTERLEAVED WITH SAID DISCS; AND A MECHANICAL MULTI-STAGE MOVEMENT AGGREGATOR FOR TURNING SAID SPINDLE IN RESPONSE TO A MULTI-ELEMENT SIGNAL CODE, SO AS TO LOCATE SAID PROCESSING HEADS AT ANY DESIRED ONE OF A NUMBER OF RADIALLYSPACED CIRCULAR RECORDING TRACKS ON SAID DISCS; WHEREIN SAID AGGREGATOR COMPRISES A MULTI-STAGE CONCERTINA LINKAGE FORMED BY A SERIES OF BASE-LESS TRIANGULAR LINKAGES WHICH ARE PIVOTED TO EACH OTHER IN SERIES BY PIVOTS WHICH ARE FREELY MOVABLE ALONG PARALLEL LINES ALONG WHICH THEY ARE CONSTRAINED TO MOVE, AND MEANS FOR INDIVIDUALLY MOVING THE APEX OF EACH TRIANGULAR LINKAGE TO ANY ONE OF A PLURALITY OF SPACED LINES PARALLEL TO SAID PIVOT LINES, THE SPACING BEING NORMAL TO SAID PIVOT LINES. 